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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What does DASH stand for?






2. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






3. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






4. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






5. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






6. What is normal BMI?






7. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






8. What function is vitamin D?






9. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






10. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






11. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






12. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






13. What is the function of vitamin C?






14. Sources of fats






15. What type of people need extra protein?






16. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






17. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






18. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






19. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






20. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






21. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






22. Name six sources of grains






23. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






24. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






25. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






26. How many calories/gram is protein?






27. What function is vitamin A?






28. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






29. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






30. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






31. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






32. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






33. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






34. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






35. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






36. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






37. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






38. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






39. Fats can lead to some medical problems






40. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






41. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






42. What foods have high quality protein?






43. What is the function of vitamin E?






44. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






45. What is RDA of protein?






46. What are healthy sources of fats?






47. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






48. When does BMR decrease?






49. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






50. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?